Robyn Wilkes, Conductor

We are very proud to introduce our new conductor, Robyn Wilkes, to our patrons in her debut season with the Sarasota Pops Orchestra. Wilkes brings a wealth of experience to the Sarasota Pops. Prior to coming to the State College of Florida in the fall of 2009, she was visiting instructor of music at Covenant College on Lookout Mountain, Georgia, where she conducted the jazz band and chamber orchestra and taught classes in music history, music appreciation and symphonic literature. Previously, Wilkes was the music director/conductor at Ridgeland High School in Walker County, Georgia, from 1999 to 2008 where her ensembles won numerous regional, state and national performing arts competitions. She received a bachelor's degree in music education and a master's degree in instrumental conducting from the University of Tennessee. She is a doctoral candidate in music education at Boston University with a research emphasis on popular music in secondary education.